SI 100 Europe - 2020, British -

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Alexander Mann Solutions’ chief growth and commercial officer since 2017, Matthew Rodger has 29 years’ experience in staffing and outsourcing. He has been with the London-based RPO and MSP provider for nearly 20 years. Rodger wears many hats, including overseeing the commercialisation of AMS’ products and services, new logo development, significant business development of existing customers and managing all corporate mergers and acquisitions. In 2019, he led AMS to the successful acquisition of Karen AI, its first foray into proprietary direct-to-market technology now called Hourly.

SI 100 Europe - 2014, British -

Nick Cox became Hays’ managing director for Continental Europe and Rest of the World (CERoW), in 2006, reporting directly to the CEO. As one of Hay’s three operating divisions, CERoW comprises 22 countries out of 32 in the Group. Cox joined Hays in 1983 working in the accountancy and finance/banking division as a recruitment consultant, progressing to regional director and then U.K. director. He was made managing director (U.K. and Europe) for Hays Information Technology in 1997. He was promoted to Hays U.K. board director in 2003, responsible for seven specialisms,including HR, sales and marketing and contact centres.

SI 100 Europe - 2015, British -

Kevin Green is chief executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), the professional body for the UK’s £26.5 billion recruitment industry. Green joined the REC in 2008, having been HR director at Royal Mail, where he was responsible for all people related issues for the business with its 165,000 employees. The REC is committed to raising recruitment standards and highlighting excellence throughout the industry. It represents 3,506 corporate members and 4,744 individual members within the Institute of Recruitment Professionals (IRP), all of whom must abide by a code of professional practice.

SI 100 Europe - 2022, British -

In addition to serving as executive chairman of Norman Broadbent, Peter Searle is a dedicated supporter of the recruitment industry. He is currently chairman of the board of Hiring Hub and has led and sat on the boards of several companies, including Spring Group, Delphi, Airswift and The Adecco Group. He also has extensive global experience in mergers and acquisitions. At the 2020 Recruitment International Awards, Searle was awarded a place in the Hall of Fame for “promoting the recruitment industry.”

Staffing 100 Europe | 2022

SI 100 Europe - 2014, British -

Adrian Gunn is CEO of Matchtech Group plc. He was appointed to the board in 2004 as business development director. Gunn became CEO shortly after the group floatedon AIM. He joined Matchtech as a recruitment consultant in 1988. Gunn is a fellow of the Institute of Recruitment Professionals and is a member of the CBI’s Employment and Skills Board.

SI 100 Europe - 2016, British -

Phil Sheridan is senior managing director, UK, Middle East and South America, with Robert Half. He trained with Ernst & Young before he joined Robert Half in 1996, where he focused on accounting and finance recruitment, progressing to regional director in 2000 and managing director in 2005. His background in finance has been instrumental in developing and executing strategy, helping the business successfully navigate the challenges of recent years.

SI 100 Europe - 2014, British -

Giles Daubeney is COO of Robert Walters. He joined the group in 1988, after working in recruitment for Accountancy SelectionLimited and Badenock& Clark Ltd. From 1990 to 1994, he was based in Amsterdam and responsible for the Robert Walters Dutch and Belgian operations. Daubeney was appointed to his currentrole in 1999, and was appointed to the board in 2000.

SI 100 Europe - 2014, British -

Peter Searle rejoined Adecco in October 2009 as regional head of U.K. and Ireland. He firstjoined the Adecco Group with its 1999 acquisition of The Delphi Group, of which he was group managing director. Searle was responsible for Adecco’s Ajilon offices in Europe and APAC. In 2005, he became CEO of Adecco UK. From 2006, he was CEO of Spring Group, which was acquired by Adecco in 2009. Peter Searle holds an honours degree in business and a post-graduate diploma in marketing.

SI 100 Europe - 2018, British -

Kevin Barrow is a partner with international law firm Osborne Clarke LLP. Since 1990, he has advised staffing companies on all types of legal work, including commercial deals, international joint ventures and M&A. His multi-country team has advised on about half of the higher-value staffing M&A transactions in the EMEA region since 2010, and works for more than 100 hirers and suppliers on market-leading UK, EU and international flexible workforce (MSP, RPO and VMS) projects. His team is a well-regarded advisor on regulation of digital recruitment and online exchanges, tax planning relating to flexible workforces, and worker misclassification and co-employment class actions. Barrow has led a campaign to change the regulatory regime affecting online exchanges, and has rolled out staffing/MSP deals in 40 countries in the last four years.

SI 100 Europe - 2015, British -

Steve Ingham is chief executive of PageGroup, one of the largest staffing firms in Europe. He joined the company in 1987,when it was still known as Michael Page, as a consultant.He was promoted to operating director in 1990 and then to the board as executive director of UK operations in 2001. He became managing director of UK operations in 2005 and was appointed chief executive in 2006.